Radio to warn drivers of speed cameras

Motorists in Essex will now be told where police speed cameras are located after claims that forces are using them as a licence to print money.

Essex Police are now telling drivers in an effort to clamp down on speeding and reduce the numbers prosecuted and fined. Radio stations will notify listeners of the day's locations of mobile safety cameras.

Brian Ladd, a casualty-reduction manager with Essex Police, said today: "The announcement of safety camera zones will provide motorists with even less of an excuse for inappropriate speeding."